Sentences with phrase «chamber floor»

State troopers were called to the Senate chamber floor as the two groups started to merge and talk with each other, but there was no escalation in the jammed hallways that turned stifling hot from the number of people and TV cameras.

State troopers were called to the Senate chamber floor as the two groups started to merge and talk with each other, but there was no escalation in the jammed marble hallways that turned stifling hot from the people and TV cameras.

Hopefully, he'll drop to the Senate chamber floor like he'd just been hit by a bolt of lightening!

With Democrats and Republicans not inviting Bohen into their party conferences, officials came up with an unusual seating arrangement: make him that island by carving out a physical space around him on the packed, 150 - member chamber floor.

Flanagan met for about 20 minutes on Tuesday with Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie in his office off the Assembly chamber floor.

So on Wednesday morning, Garodnick invited his supporters to a breakfast at Brick NYC, a restaurant several blocks from City Hall, to discuss uniting behind his rival rather than casting a divided vote on the Council chambers floor, according to several sources.

«Today I am announcing that in the coming weeks I will be resigning as a member of the United States Senate,» he said during a speech on the chamber floor.

«A couple months ago I felt that we had entered an important moment in the history of this country... We were finally beginning to listen to women,» he said in his resignation speech on the chamber floor.

Maile, born April 9, is the first senator's baby to be allowed on the chamber floor.

A pending rules change would allow the Illinois senator to bring her young daughter to the chamber floor during votes.

Also, the Republicans used Adams» infamous «show me the money» speech on the chamber floor in campaign ads and a Website, which probably didn't do much to help his public image outside his district.

Reproductive rights groups are ramping up their own attacks on Senate Republican incumbents who oppose the WEA, claiming the conference's refusal to allow the legislation on the chamber floor for a vote flies in the face of public support for legal abortion.

Just hours after the elections, Espada, Kruger, Monserrate and Diaz formed «the four amigos» and refused to back Smith as leader unless they were given plums — including titles, choice office suites (Espada's overlooked the chamber floor from the Capitol's fourth floor) and the chairmanships of committees like finance.

Gianaris, a Queens legislator who leads the Democrats» efforts on the chamber floor and chairs their campaign committee, told POLITICO he would seek re-election to his seat in 2016 and remained committed to helping Democrats win the chamber majority.

NYC Councilwoman Inez Barron demonstrated her spoken word skills on the chamber floor.

ALBANY — Sen. Neil Breslin has been tapped as deputy leader of the 26 - member Democratic Conference, a post that requires him to coordinate the legislative flow on the chamber floor and serve as the second - in - command to Minority Leader John Sampson, D - Brooklyn.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver walks the chamber floor during a special session of the Assembly at the Capitol in Albany Tuesday 11/30/2010.

Senators slipped in and out of the meeting through a back door leading across their chamber floor.

Assemblyman Danny O'Donnell speaking on the chamber floor about Orlando: «Hate is taught.

Assembly members Jim Tedisco and Jane Corwin had a verbal dust - up on the chamber floor, reportedly he shouted at her to «get away from me.

Doug Jones, the first Alabama Democrat to be elected to the U.S. Senate in 25 years, was also sworn in by VP Mike Pence after being escorted to the chamber floor by former VP Joe Biden.

The House approved a rule prohibiting members from using phones or other personal electronic devices to record or broadcast material on the chamber floor.

The ongoing tensions between warring factions of state Senate Democrats turned ugly and racial on the chamber floor during a heated budget debate yesterday afternoon.

With legislators in both parties blaming Cuomo for thwarting their long - awaited pay raise, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan vowed in his opening remarks on the chamber floor to «stand up for the primacy and independence of this body, which is long overdue,» sparking a bipartisan standing ovation.

State Sen. Tom Duane, who represents the West Village and is the only openly gay state senator, gave a heartfelt speech on the chamber floor just before the vote and recounted his own coming out and the struggle for gay rights over the years.

Libous, a 61 - year - old Binghamton native who leads the G.O.P. conference on the chamber floor, pleaded not guilty to the charge and posted $ 50,000 bail.

Schumer made more of an impact on the chamber floor, and on Fridays accompanied another rising star, Jerrold Nadler, now a veteran congressman, for the long drive back to the city from Albany.

Among the state House's most visible actions while Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting survivors were in Tallahassee was a no vote on advancing an assault weapons ban bill to the chamber floor for debate.

LaValle said he's hoping the measure will go to the chamber floor for a vote before the end of the regular 2016 legislative session, scheduled for Wednesday.

Pols have been pushing Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan to bring the Child Victims Act onto the chamber floor for a vote.

The «Medicare - for - all» bill — designed to provide health insurance to all state residents — passed the predominantly Democratic Assembly Tuesday afternoon following several hours of partisan back - and - forth on the chamber floor.

McLaughlin said his bill — a draft of which he was reviewing on the chamber floor Monday — would direct emails be preserved for at least five years.

ALBANY — The ongoing tensions between warring factions of state Senate Democrats turned ugly and racial on the chamber floor during a heated budget debate Wednesday afternoon.

Democrats vented on the chamber floor.

Flanagan did not speak with reporters on Tuesday, and at one point declined a request for an update on outstanding issues as he walked off the chamber floor.

On Tuesday, Taylor walked onto the chamber floor at 5:52 p.m., as Keith Wright and Al Graf entered the third hour of racially tinged debate about criminal justice issues and changes that should be made after the fatal arrest of Eric Garner.

Children are not an oddity on the chamber floor, but during the grind of this final week, there seems to be a critical mass.

The decision emerged from yet another closed - door conference behind the chamber floor.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said that he plans next week to allow the measure to come to the chamber floor for a vote for the first time, sources said.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie in a private meeting with his Democratic members said that he plans next week to allow the measure to come to the chamber floor for a vote for the first time, sources said Tuesday.

Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, a Republican from Long Island, said on the chamber floor that he believed lawmakers would act soon after returning from an 18 - day break for Passover and Easter that is now slated to start on Wednesday.

Gomez's team is in the process of excavating the rooms down to the floors and it is possible there are nobles buried in the detritus or even below the chamber floors.

From egg - laying to fledging of the offspring, a considerable amount of food remains, feces and skin particles accumulate on the chamber floor.

Researchers debate whether this species dropped its dead through a shaft into the underground space, creating the array of bones shown on the chamber floor.

Agnes Martin's spare, ethereal «Untitled # 8» with its alternating bands of palest peach, lavender gray and lilac, makes a fine companion to the Monaco «St. Peter» (about 1405 - 10), complementing the delicate azure tunic traced with gold worn by the saint and the pale purple tone of his chamber floor.

Democratic senators have been assigned conservative nonprofit groups to call out by name on the chamber floor in speeches on Monday and Tuesday criticizing corporations and advocacy groups for opposing Democratic climate policies, internal emails reveal.